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Ian Patterson is an award winning author of science fiction, horror, and poetry. His debut, Transference, won the Colorado Book Award for science fiction in 2025, and is part of a complete series called The Narrator Cycle. His work aims to critique capitalism, inequality, and environmental destruction by centering philosophical discussions in the trappings of fast-paced, genre-bending narratives. He believes all people should have bodily autonomy, equality, freedom, and that a more just future can be built on compassion and empathy. He can usually be found on his bike somewhere in the mountains of Colorado, or spending time with his family and his two cats.

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Yes, these are my daughter’s glasses. Yes, I look like a barista from San Fran, and yes, I will make you a damn fine cup of coffee.Round these parts, they call me Ian.

Here we sit, a circle by any other name, but less round, more uhm, I don’t know—it’s like planar and shit. It’s kind of like that circle they showed you in Calculus when they’re talking about integrals. How if you just integrate

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Fruits of Our Labor by Ian  Patterson
"This brilliant sci-fi novel from Ian Patterson gives us a painfully accurate look at the sort of people we are becoming: At first, the women are being treated as less than the men. Then we come up with a solution that makes us women not need men anym" Read more of this review »
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Anji Kills a King by Evan Leikam
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Part coming-of-age story, part examination of the big man fallacy and what it takes for a revolution to actually be successful, and a totally solid fantasy debut. It's well executed throughout, without many of the pitfalls that come with a debut, and ...more
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A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck
A Short Stay in Hell
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An excellent meditation on one of my favorite Borges stories, and a very heavy book for its length. One of the best examinations of what the experience of eternity would be like that I've ever seen. I do wish the prose had been a bit more poetic, I t ...more
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Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
Angel Down
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Daniel Kraus has achieved the level of book that I finish and stare at a wall. Absolutely fantastic. I will now be devouring the rest of everything he's written. ...more
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The Felicity Complex by August Clarke
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Clarke is quickly becoming one of my favorite modern writers, and The Felicity Complex is another incredible addition to their work. I loved this blend between sci-fi, satire, and body horror, and all of the things Clarke was trying to talk about ins ...more
Fruits of Our Labor by Ian  Patterson
"Fruits of Our Labor opens with a striking premise. In the near future, women discover a way to have children without needing men. From that single change, Ian Patterson builds a speculative exploration of sexism and of the roles that women, men, and " Read more of this review »
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“Laws just give the illusion that what’s happening is fair. Of course”
― Ian Patterson, Transference

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